Hozuki Suigetsu Wants to Squeeze a Soft Persimmon

The northern region of the Forest of Death had even denser trees.

Three figures rapidly flitted through the canopy, their movements as light as birds.

Charging at the very front was Uzumaki Kaori, wearing oval-framed glasses.

Her vivid red hair streamed backward as she moved at high speed, like a streak of burning flame.

The purple crop top flickered in and out of view amid the patches of light filtering through gaps in the forest, while black hot pants wrapped around her long, slender legs, leaving a strip of fair thigh exposed between her shorts and thigh-high socks.

At that moment, her face did not carry its usual lively, even slightly lovestruck expression, but was instead unusually solemn.

Her right hand formed a simple one-handed seal, index and middle fingers pressed together and raised before her chest. Her eyes were slightly closed, as if she was sensing something.

"Having a scout really is nice."

Kurotsuchi followed behind her to the left, sighing with feeling as she leaped along. A relaxed smile hung on her face, and her lively eyes swept the surroundings, ready at any moment to respond to a possible attack.

"Kaori's Mind's Eye of the Kagura has a much wider detection range than the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan. How many teams have we avoided on the way here?"

At the Land of Stars' ninja academy, children from the Hyuga Branch House were not uncommon, and Kurotsuchi had interacted with quite a few of them.

The Hyuga's Byakugan possessed the ability to see through objects and perceive chakra networks. In terms of reconnaissance, it truly was exceptional. Its effective detection range could usually reach about one kilometer, which was already the level of the top reconnaissance ninja in the Land of Stars' ninja forces.

"Three teams," Ranmaru, who was behind